Member Profiles
Contact Details
Miles Crawley SC
William Forster ChambersLevel 1
26 Harry Chan Avenue
DARWIN NT 0800
GPO Box 4369
DARWIN NT 0801
Tel:
08 8982 4700 or 0411 608 321
Fax:
08 8941 1541
Email:
mcrawley@williamforster.com
Miles Crawley SC is a barrister at William Forster Chambers in Darwin, Northern Territory.
Year and Place of First Admission
1979, South Australia
2017, appointed senior counsel
Other jurisdictions
1979, High Court
2012, signed bar roll, Supreme Court of NT
Degrees and Appointments
- 1978, LLB, University of Adelaide
- 1979, GDLP, University of South Australia
- 1979, Admitted, Supreme Court of SA, High Court of Australia
- 1979-2009, Member, Law Society of SA
- 1997-2009, Chair. Law Society of SA Costs Committee
- 2001-2010, Visiting Instructor, GDLP Course (SA)
- 2008-9, Member, Joint Rules Advisory Committee (SA)
- 2010 to date, Member, Law Society NT
- 2012, Signed bar roll, Supreme Court of NT
- 2015 to date, Chair, Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law (NT Branch)
- 2017, Senior Counsel, Supreme Court of NT
- 2017 to date, President, NT Bar Association
- 2017 to date, Director, Australian Bar Association
- 2017 to date, Member, Law Council of Australia
- 2017 to date, Instructor, Practical Advocacy Workshop, Supreme Court of NT
- 2019, Member, NT Law Reform Committee
- 2019, Nationally accredited mediator, NMAS
- 2019, Accredited mediator, Supreme Court of NT
General Experience
Magistrates Court (SA & NT), District Court (SA), Supreme Courts (SA & NT); Full Supreme Court (SA); Work Health Court (NT); Workers Compensation Tribunal (SA); Federal Court; Industrial Relations Court and Commission (SA); Fair Work Australia
Career Achievements/Highlights
Coopers Brewery Limited – coordinating the litigation involved in defending the attempted hostile takeover by Lion Nathan
GM Holden Ltd, Clipsal Australia Pty Ltd – advising and representing on a range of workers compensation, industrial relations and OHS matters; assisting in managing their redundancy processes
Gerard Industries Pty Ltd – litigation defence of a major taxation enforcement dispute
Constellation Wines Australia – conducting a damages claim arising from smoke taint contamination of grapes
Bridgestone Australia Limited – defending OHS breach prosecutions
Memberships
Member, Law Society NT 2010-Present
Secretary, Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law (NT Branch) 2011-Present
Member, Joint Rules Advisory Committee (SA) 2008-2009
Chair. Law Society of SA Costs Committee 1997-2009
Visiting Instructor, GDLP Course (SA) 2001-2009
He is the current President of the NT Bar Association.